House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2017
- Committee actionDec 13, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2018 · 415–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 4, 2018 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4581.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4581, Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017” on February 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on January 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53576
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4581, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4581, Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017” on June 25, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54105
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4581, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 115-493 ↗; S. Rept. 115-334 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2018 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/493
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/334 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4581, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 200, December 7, 2017, Page H9757):ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 7, 2017 ↗
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- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4581, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4581
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87e3c387c194a727f4515f31bafb8ad781c4636e6e68f9da7f8c8bc0c35f75a
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Val Demings (D-FL), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), John Katko (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), John Rutherford (R-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3284 (115th) Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop Series Act of 2017
- H.R. 1249 (115th) DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017
- H.R. 5247 (115th) Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018
- H.R. 2594 (115th) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.